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Baby African Fat-Tailed Gecko Enclosure Advice Please

Hi everyone! To start this is a baby African fat tail, I wouldn’t even consider it to be a juvenile yet which is why I have him in a 10gal enclosure for now. I have a 40gal off to the side that I’m making for when he’s finally big enough.

I’ve had him for around 4 days and I’ve only noticed 1 poop. The first day he actually ate well and ate 8 small crickets, the next day he only ate a few of them and last night I don’t know that he ate any of them and he hasn’t pooped in two days I think. Looks otherwise healthy.

I have a UTH heater attached to a thermostat keeping the floor temp at 90 degrees in his warm hide with a humid hide in the middle and an Arcadia shade dweller on top. He basically never leaves his humid hide all day with a floor temp of 78 or so most of the time.

I had to move/mess with his enclosure many times since getting him because I had his lighting and stuff too hot and I had him in the 40gal enclosure.

Could he just be really stressed since I messed with his enclosure a bunch? I’m just worried he’s not eating right. It’s my first reptile and I did a ton of research before getting him on reptifiles care sheet and what not.

u/UneducatedReader — 1 day ago

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African Fat-Tailed Gecko Quarantine and Enclosure Advice

I’m getting my first Gecko this weekend. I have his main enclosure built already and set up to be bioactive.

My main question is, do I need to quarantine my new gecko if it’s the only reptile I own? And if I do, what is the recommended way to set it up? I have a hard time finding any recent guides on it and since I know information has changed over the years I want to be sure.

As a follow up question, if I don’t need to quarantine him, will a VERY juvenile AFT be ok going into his 40gal bioactive enclosure? Substrate is a recommended mix of play sand, reptisoil, excavator clay, and some coconut husk to help maintain future burrows if they are made and be healthy enough soil to support a bioactive environment and it’s at a depth of 4 inches with the cool side corner being around 6inches in a small area. I worry about impaction since he’s just a baby. I know I’ll probably get mixed reviews on this.

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u/UneducatedReader — 18 days ago

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Inconsistent African Fat-Tailed Gecko Ambient Humidity and Temp Requirements

I’m looking to get an AFT as my first reptile. I decided to go with an AFT over a Leo just because it seems like everyone and their mom has a Leo.

I tend to go overboard with things. Once I have an idea of getting something I obsess over it until I’ve learned as much as I feel is necessary, which can be exhausting at times…BUT I’m quickly learning that reptiles and they way they are kept has been changing over the years. As a result of my research I’ve stumbled upon Dav Kaufman. Some of you may know where I’m going with this….Dav goes into nature and finds reptiles to determine if he thinks we are doing the best for the reptile.

He stated in a video about AFT’s that we should be keeping them at like 95-98% humidity in their hide box and an ambient nighttime humidity of 76% and a temp of 85.

These numbers are significantly higher than what anyone is the last year is saying. Most saying that you want 50-60% humidity instead. Why are these numbers so different? Is there something I’m not thinking about? Dav seems to know his stuff but that video is 3 years old now and it seems to be contrary to what most people say.

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u/UneducatedReader — 25 days ago